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The surfeit of bad trends pushes me to set my stories in worlds which are often diminished versions of our own present.

Paolo Bacigalupi

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Paolo Bacigalupi
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: August 6
Environmentalist
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Paonia
Colorado
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi
Often
Stories
Surfeit
World
Pushes
Diminished
Trends
Worlds
Versions
Present

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It’s human nature to tear one another apart. Be glad you come from such a successful line of killers.
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Nature has become something new. It is ours now, truly. And if our creation devours us, how poetic will that be?
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If I cared for human approval, I would have been dead long ago.
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Suicide is not something I owe you or yours.
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Never beg for mercy. Accept that you have failed. Begging is for dogs and humans.
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I do not fight battles that cannot be won. Do not confuse that with cowardice.
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